Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Drosophila xerophila
Mosca de la fruta, Fruit fly
This species is a native element of the dry zone, with a sunset flight period (Carson et al. 1983).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Drosophila
Species
xerophila
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- Carson, H.L. Val, F.C. & Wheeler, M.R. (1983) Drosophilidae of the Galápagos Islands, with Descriptions of two new Species. Internatl. J. Entomol. 25(4): 239-248.
- Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
- Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Drosophila xerophila", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12334. Accessed 3 November 2026.